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466 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780349115078
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers
Publication date: 01 January 2002
Description
In this "entirely enthralling and beautifully written book" (Simon Winchester), Alder tells the story of how science, revolutionary politics, and the dream of a new economy converged to produce the world's common language of measurement--the metri...
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466 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780349115078
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers
Publication date: 01 January 2002
Description
In this "entirely enthralling and beautifully written book" (Simon Winchester), Alder tells the story of how science, revolutionary politics, and the dream of a new economy converged to produce the world's common language of measurement--the metri...